Harriet's apothecary summer edition program

WELCOME TO THE SUMMER EDITION OF BEATBOX BOTANICALS’ HARRIET’S APOTHECARY

Harriet’s Apothecary is an intergenerational, seasonal, healing village led by the brilliance and wisdom of Black Cis Women, Queer and Trans healers, artists, magicians, activists and ancestors. Our village, which manifests at the bloom of every Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter in Brooklyn, is committed to co-creating accessible, affordable, liberatory, all-body loving, all-gender honoring, community healing spaces that recognize, inspire, and deepen the healing genius of our vessels.

Each season, we offer free to sliding-scale, body-affirming, love-drenched potions, prescriptions, and customized services to restore and expand your body’s abilities to heal and to love. We are so grateful you are taking care of yourself in this way and in turn taking care of the communities you are a part of. We hope that every moment you spend with us cultivates and inspires the best in your being and encourages the healing genius of your vessel.

The intention of Harriet’s Apothecary is to continue the rich healing legacy of abolitionist and community nurse and herbalist Harriet Tubman. Like our courageous ancestor, we intend to expand access to health and healing resources that support our people in their healing journeys toward freedom. We also hope to connect individuals and communities to accessible self and community based resources that are rooted in the wisdom of our bodies, our ancestors and our plant families.

Our village is an intentional space for self-identified POC/Indigenous/Mixed-Race Cis Women, Queer and Trans folks and the allies that love them.

We recognize that there are significant individual, collective and generational consequences to living in a world that systematically oppresses people of color. We know that the consistent, widespread direct and indirect exposure to violence, colonization, loss, burn-out, stress, microaggressions, imperialism, dis-ease and traumatic social conditions permeates and impacts our personal and interpersonal physical, emotional and spiritual well-beings. We know that time and time again enduring systemic injustices impacts our relationship to self and community care and our relationship to our movement building work. We want to be a part of shifting this reality in our bodies and our communities. We are enthusiastic about the infinite possibilities we can all create when we engage our individual and collective capacity to heal, to love and to transform.

www.harrietsapothecary.com

We are deeply invested in creating a space where each person feels welcome at all times.

We invite you to co-create a space of love, growth, compassion, respect and healing that honors the intricate beautiful identities and energies we each hold. To the best of your ability, lovingly challenge yourself to walk with us in the following agreements.

HEALING & LOVING COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS

Set a loving intention for your time at Harriet's Apothecary. How do you want to love yourself while you are present? In what ways do you want to grow? What do you want to be open to? How do you want to embody the love that is you?

Release judgments, preconceived notions, your ego and your fears. Lovingly challenge yourself to be open without attachment to outcomes. Allow whatever needs to manifest arise in order to be fully present to yourself and the community you will be with.

Be present to your truth. Practice actively listening to what might be arising for you as you are in the space. Reach out for support if needed. There will be folks identified to meet your needs to the best of their ability.

Practice active listening with each other, making a conscious effort to hear and understand what others are sharing.

Be aware of the language that you use to address and/or connect with people. Many words have been used to historically oppress folks. Let’s participate in engaging in language that is liberatory and loving with each other.

Please honor people's pronouns and gender identities, whatever they may be. Allow people to self-identify their gender and preferred pronouns to describe who they are (e.g. he/him/his/she/her/they/them/their/z/hirs)

Be humbly and compassionately self-aware and curious about the pervasive ways privilege and oppression, both across and within identity groups, impacts us all. Be accountable to the impact of your actions to yourself and this community.

To the best of your capacity, please be scent/fragrance-free to support members of our beloved community with chemical sensitivities. We acknowledge that essential oils, perfumes and scent products are important to one’s self expression and healing and we ask participants to also recognize how using these products can create barriers for folks desiring to share space with us.

TO OUR HARRIET’S APOTHECARY ALLIES (adapted from Color of Violence)

As a participant in this space who DOES NOT identify as Black, Indigenous, People of color, we offer the following ways to honor and uphold the commitment to Harriet’s Apothecary to center Black, Indigenous and People of Color.

1.

Commit to being mindful about the impact of your presence on the goal of centering Black, Indigenous and People of color at Harriet’s Apothecary.

2. Do NOT attend designated Black, Indigenous and People of color only spaces.

3. If you decide to attend a healing offering or workshop: a. consider leaving when the room fills to create space for Black, Indigenous and People of color b. consider sitting in the back of the room, to create space for Black, Indigenous and People of color c. be accountable to how much space you take up: for instance, step back in the space rather than being the first person to speak or to ask questions, do not take-over or dominate in conversations, step-up listening and being a quiet presence.

4. Respect people’s gender identification by using their chosen pronoun and name. IF you do not know know the pronoun of the person, use gender neutral pronouns (them, their) when you are referring to them.

5. Remember that all bathrooms are for everyone; respect people’s choices.

6. Talk with white folks and cis-identified men about the importance of honoring Harriet’s Apothecary’s commitment to the centering of Black, Indigenous and People of color.

7. If you are feeling discomfort during the conference around these goals, talk with other white folks, not Black, Indigenous and People of color.

8. Continue to support, fundraise and invite Black, Indigenous and People of color to Harriet’s Apothecary.

ACCESSIBILITY

We strive to ensure that Harriet’s Apothecary is accessible and welcoming to our community. If you have access needs and/or need support in attending Harriet’s Apothecary in the fullness of your being, please email beatboxbotanicals@gmail.com. or talk to one of our collective members dressed in white today.

Please note this building is not fully wheelchair accessible. There are ramps available to get into the building. As well as stairs in the building to get to the top floor.

We will have designated scent-safer spaces at Harriet’s Apothecary.

Please be scent/fragrance-free to the extent that you are able to, so that beloved community members with chemical sensitivities can attend Harriet’s Apothecary. If you need support being scent/fragrance-free feel free to contact us at beatboxbotanicals@gmail.com.

Bathrooms at Harriet’s Apothecary are designated All Gender.

CHILDCARE & NURSERY

We will be providing free childcare through Regeneracion Childcare collective. Feel free to request for childcare assistance when you register.

www.beatboxbotanicals.com

BeatBox Botanicals is a local, sliding-scale, love-centered and community-inspired, plant medicine and healing practice. Rooted in the traditions of our ancestors, we use compassion, your body’s intuitive experience, and plant wisdom to handcraft medicine that restores and expands our body’s abilities to heal and to love.

We work with herbs and our bodies as tools for healing, reclaiming our individual and collective wisdom, and nurturing sustainable relationships with the Earth. We create customized medicinal herbal products based on what your body’s needs and truths are. We offer individualized and community health consultations, skill-shares, workshops and healing spaces. We support liberation and justice movements committed to healing.

We understand that transforming our world is deeply tied to the vitality of our minds, bodies and spirits and the spaces where we conjure up our liberation and justice magic.

Transformation and liberation can not be sustained if we do not individually and collectively prioritize the healing and reflective work necessary to keep us alive and thriving.

We believe investing in love and our own and each other’s healing, engages us in a rich legacy of resistance and decolonization, one that has sustained our ancestors and movements and in turn will strengthen us and enrich us for the long haul.

Our work is inspired by the manifestation of love in and around us. The wisdom of our ancestors. The miraculous nature of our unshakable bodies’ intuition. The legacy of individuals and communities who have used healing and wellness as a tool for justice and liberation. The creative genius of indigenous and people of color, and queer and trans and two-spirit folk. The brilliance of sick and differently abled warriors. Loving-kindness meditation. Laughter. The Moon. The gifts of Nature. Intimacy with the Earth.

We look forward to lovingly and authentically journeying with you towards healing and caring for ourselves and each other and expanding the wholeness that already resides within us.

Black Women’s Blueprint, Inc. (BWB) is a civil and human rights organization of women and men. Our purpose is to take action to secure social, political and economic equality in American society now. We work to develop a culture where women of African descent are fully empowered and where gender, race and other disparities are erased. We engage in progressive research, historical documentation, support movement building and organize on social justice issues steeped in the struggles of Black women within their communities and within dominant culture. www.blackwomensblueprint.org

Harriet’s Apothecary Schedule | June 13, 2015

12:00pm-2:30pm Sliding-scale Healing Sessions DIY Medicine-making Labs Self-care and Community Care Lending Library Healing Cyphers S.T.I.T.C.H.E.D. by Climbing PoeTree Community Altar

2:30pm-3:30pm Welcome Harriet’s Apothecary Healer Introductions Sound Healing with SEYA Community ritual

3:30pm-6:00pm Sliding-scale Healing Sessions DIY Medicine-making Labs Self-care and Community Care Lending Library Healing Cyphers S.T.I.T.C.H.E.D. by Climbing PoeTree Community Altar

6:00pm-7:00pm Announcements & Blessings Sound Healing with Anais and SEYA Closing

Harriet’s Apothecary Schedule | June 14, 2015

12:30pm-7pm Workshops Sliding-scale BodyWork: Acupressure, Kinesiology, Sound Healing, Moxibustion, Herbalism DIY Medicine-making Labs Self-care and Community Care Lending Library S.T.I.T.C.H.E.D. by Climbing PoeTree Community Altar

HARRIET’S APOTHECARY HEALING MENU Saturday, June 13

ARTS BASED HERBALISM Come learn how to make your own herbal salves and syrups while using sacred herbs to inspire learning, spark movement , preserve culture and nurture community. This participatory arts- based experience will explore history, justice, oppression, peacebuilding and reconciliation.

Healer~ Shamilia McBean Pay as you wish 30 min sessions

BLISS PUDDLE BODY WORK This customized session is designed to harmonize the mental and emotional bodies, and leave you puddled in bliss! Drawing from diverse modalities (including Thai Yoga Massage techniques), your session will compose of a series of opening postures, firm and fluid strokes, deep tissue release, restorative acupressure and soothing touch.

Healer~ Naima Penniman $11-$111 30 min or 1HR sessions

CHAKRA BALANCING AND REIKI Reiki is a complementary healing modality that unblocks energetic stagnation and balances the chakra energy points of the body, mind and spirit. Each person is nurtured and honored in a way that supports their healing journey in a deeply profound way. Participants are encouraged to set clear intentions for their healing experience and will feel protected and empowered during and after the sessions. After receiving an energy healing treatment, we hope one will feel balanced in their spiritual, mental, physical and emotional bodies.

Healer~Selome Araya Pay as you wish 30 minute OR 1 hour sessions

DIVINATION FACE PAINTING This healing practice will use face paint to pamper with decorative designs inspired by tribal patterns from world's cultures.

Healer~ Dimitrea Tokunbo Donations 10 min sessions

COPPER & CRYSTAL HEALING AND ORACLE GODDESS READINGS This healing practice will work with you to create customized hand crafted jewelry and adornments. You will learn the healing properties and powers of crystals. Shiwan's jewelry ranges from rings, power pieces (highly charged necklaces), waist beads, earrings, crystal crowns, and custom pieces that can be made on the spot .

Healer~Shiwan Haynes-Greaves Copper and Healing Crystal Jewelry $15-$111 Crystal Card Readings: $20 Goddess Oracle Readings: $25

CREATIVE SOUND HEALING CIRCLE Singing in a circle builds an alternative social and creative matrix where tensions are released, and the unresolved, ever-changing flow of music becomes our playground for experimenting self love and collective healing. Through this creative process I invite my guests to celebrate every voice: everyone’s unique gift. All levels of singing and shyness are welcome. I simply lead the session with some traditional songs from all over the world and accompany us with some drumming and improvisation.

Healer~Anais Maviel $3-$33 1 hour and 30 minute session

DIVINATORY PENDULUM READINGS

This healing technique employs a rose quartz crystal for a divination of the elemental energy in the body deciphered through the meridians (energy channels) running through the hands and fingers. The pendulum reading reveals plant medicines and self-care rituals to balance and enhance each element in the body.

Healer~ Jasmine Burems $5-$55 15 min sessions

HEALING HAIRCUTS & PERSONAL GROOMING/TONSORIAL ARTISTRY This healing practice will adorn your crown with stylish and body affirming cuts, designs and personal grooming.

Healer~Khane Kutzwell $11-$111 30 min sessions

TAROT AND HERBALISM Join Herbalist and Nurse, Natalie Sablon, BSN, RN for a spiritually guided herbal consultation; which includes both a tarot divination and an herbal medicine consultation.

Looking at both aspects allows for a customized herbal medicine recommendation, guided by spirit, and the science of herbalism Healer~Natalie Sablon

$10-$50 30 min OR 1 hr sessions

Healing Cyphers A (POC centered) group reflection & sharing experience. This cypher will be exploring “the trauma bond,” and it’s connection to our legacy of oppression. This experience is held “cypher-style,” with each added voice, experience and reflection moving us towards deeper healing and restoration of the mind & spirit. Healing the wounds of racialized violence involves an intentional exploration of how these wounds have penetrated our mind (our psyche), and damaged our spirit. Healing cyphers explore the deep impact of internalized oppression and reconstruct the internal & collective narrative by awakening insights & reclaiming our truth. *The cypher is a space where we can show up as our whole selves; in our agony, in our grief, and in our anger; where words, thought and deep reflection are offered and exchanged as part of a collective process of psychological liberation.*

Healer~ Naimah Johnson

$3-$33

30-45 min sessions

for groups of 6

SOMATICS BODYWORK: LIBERATION THROUGH THE BODY “Soma” refers to the living organism in its wholeness – that is, the whole self, including our minds, emotions, and spirits, all of which lives in and cannot be separated from our bodies.

These somas, our bodies, include our ways of relating to others, our views of the world, and our social reality. By honoring that our entire history and current life shows up in the body, the gentle systematic processes of somatic bodywork allow us to experience deep sustainable change. Somatic bodywork supports the release of habitual patterns, tensions and contractions, so that we get to experience and express more of ourselves, and create more space for our aliveness, joy and power—in our bodies and our lives.

Healer~Alta Starr $11-$111 30 min to 1 hr sessions

Mindfulness Meditation Mindfulness meditation practice allows our innermost voice the opportunity to speak, to be heard compassionately by our bodies, and to be released from entanglement and freed from judgement through loving kindness. This will be an opportunity to ground into our beings and integrate the new openness and healing we have received throughout the day.

Using our own breath as guide, we will journey into a place of deep listening to our heart’s intelligence and reverent awareness to the temples that house our souls.

offered to EVERYONE

Harriet’s Apothecary Schedule | June 14, 2015

12:30pm-7:00pm

Healing Arts BodyWork

A blend of Acupressure, Kinesiology, Sound Healing, Moxibustion, Herbalism. This practice is available scent-free or supplemented with aromatherapy. LED BY TONYA ABERNATHY

12:30pm-2:00pm

SPREAD MASS LOVE: LOVE IN THE ERA OF MASS INCARCERATION

How often do we infuse love to the long list of carceral conditions that encompasses mass criminalization? Do we think about the ways in which we survive—the ways we recover, heal, and learn to love each other despite the era of mass incarceration? Join Piper Anderson, Marlon Peterson, co-authors and founders of SpreadMassLOVE, to delve deeply into a nuanced and experiential dialogue and story sharing session about the love in the era of mass incarceration—mass criminalization. LED BY PIPER ANDERSON ON THE GROUND FLR

LOVE AT THE ROOT: HERBS AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS FOR PERSONAL GROUNDING

I belong anywhere that I place my feet.

I am at home in myself. I am grounded. I am provided for.

I am part of a community.

Our root chakras influence our feelings of connection, belonging, self preservation and survival. Join herbalist and arts practitioner, Shamilia McBean, for a session evoking our creative power to connect with and strengthen our personal roots.Through imagination, play, movement, art & medicine making, we'll explore methods of grounding ourselves more deeply. Along the way, we'll learn how root medicines, our powerful herbal allies, can fortify our grounding practices as outpourings of love at the root. LED BY SHAMILIA MCBEAN IN THE BASEMENT

SEX & THE PLANT: A JOURNEY THROUGH CREATING YOUR OWN HERBAL EROTIC POTIONS

Come learn about the benefits of aphrodisiac plants and different methods of preparation; the first being a baby-making aphrodisiac elixir. After which participants will have a firm grasp of the tangible benefits of pleasure as a radical act of self-care, additionally they will also take home a vial of their own love potion to try on themselves and their lover(s). LED BY NATALIE HOWARD IN THE OUTSIDE SPACE

BLACK GIRL CANDLE MAGIK

In this workshop you will learn how to use your black girl magick to dress and prepare candles along with following specific Moon phases to help manifest prosperity, abundance, overcome trauma or many other goals and aspirations in your life! Each participant will walk away with 1 dressed candle to take home! LED BY SHIWAN MOONWANNIE IN THE 2ND FL

2:30PM-3:00PM

sound circle

I believe that everyone can sing. Some of us were told, often at a young age, that our voices were unpleasant and have been silenced since. When we begin healing the affliction of yearning to be "pleasant", we can finally start asking for what we want and embracing the answers to our prayers. In that audacity to speak our truths, we empower others to follow suit. This space will share a series of circle songs that focus on the throat chakra.

Community will learn songs that access self healing and arouse the inherent truth and wisdom of their voice. LED BY SHAYNA SMALL IN THE GROUND FLR

3:00pm-4:30pm

BLACK GIRL MAGIK ASTROLOGY

This workshop will take participants a few steps beyond Sun-Sign/Newspaper astrology.

You will learn to interact with your own chart in a way that will provide insight every time that you glance at it. You will learn to understand the alphabet of astrology. Participants are asked to bring a print out of their chart. You can get one here, www.astro.com. LED BY ASHLEY BROCKINGTON ON THE GROUND FLR.

PROTECT YOUR COMMUNITY: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

A 90-minute workshop led by Jackson Heights, Queens CopWatch team member Sharmin Hossain. In this interactive workshop, participants will receive tips and training in de-escalation tactics when dealing with law enforcement, and participate in dialogue around community self defense tactics. Cop Watch is a tactic to expose police brutality and arm people with the tools to protect themselves, in efforts to build interdependent networks of community defense. This training can be used as a resource for individuals, organizations and teams of community members looking for training and support to safely conduct Cop Watch in their communities. LED BY SHARMIN HOSSAIN IN THE BASEMENT

THE HIP HOP FEMINIST SURVIVAL TOOLKIT: LOVE, PLEASURE AND SELF IMAGE

Music is a powerful thing. It’s a tool. It’s magic. It’s food. The messages we feed ourselves have life and power. The Colored Girls Hustle Hard Mixtape is here to nourish you.

Participants will engage music videos, music audio and lyric text, as well as content from the Colored Girls Hustle Hard Mixtape, to explore a hip hop feminist politic. The workshop will also include a cipher where we will co-create sounds and music to feed our spirits and affirm our lived experiences. LED BY TAJA LINDLEY AND JESSICA VALORIS OUTSIDE

SELF-CARE CYPHER: FOR RELEASING TRAUMA

Participants will explore & discuss ritual and practice for self care and leave with practical tools to create their own unique and individualized self-care plan and practice. LED BY SELOME ARAYA AND NAIMAH JOHNSON ON THE 2ND FL.

5:00pm-6:30pm

FREE AND AWAKE

This workshop will introduce core mindfulness practices for deepening self compassion, reducing self judgement and integrating the nuances of a mindfullness practice that strengthen self empowerment and agency for cis and trans women of color. The workshop to include meditation, discussion, body presencing movement exercises and dharma sharing. LED BY BEA ANDERSON ON THE GROUND FL

IN-BODIED

This workshop combines movement, stretching, self-massage and a fresh soundtrack to love up on our bodies and nourish our spirits. You will create a customized sequence that you can practice routinely to cultivate centeredness and balance, energize your body and calm your mind, break down blockages and liberate your heart. All bodies welcome! LED BY NAIMA PENNIMAN IN THE BASEMENT

LIVING IN JOY: A CELEBRATION OF RESILIENCE

We are each born with a miraculous ability to find our way back to wholeness and health after difficult experiences, including trauma. Although this resilience is our birthright and woven into our bodies and spirits, it can be worn down over time. However, on the other hand, we can strengthen this ability on purpose, making it a powerful source of healing not only for ourselves but also those around us. If we practice training our attention and listening deeply to our bodies, we can get more and more skilled at connecting to this inner resource, and supporting our communities to connect to and express it. This workshop will use storytelling, touch, and deep listening to invite participants to identify ways they can strengthen and share their resilience, to weave lives of fierce joy and radiant community.

LED BY ALTA STARR IN THE OUTSIDE SPACE

SURVIVAL TOOLKITS FOR THE NON-PROFIT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

In this reflective, interactive lab, we will design and craft our own unique toolkits to summon resilience and survive the woes and microaggressions of nonprofit industrial complex shenanigans. LED BY ADAKU UTAH AND MYRNA CABAN LEZCANO IN THE 2ND FL

HARRIET’S APOTHECARY SUMMER EDITION HEALERS CONTACT

ADAKU UTAH beatboxbotanicals@gmail.com www.beatboxbotanicals.com www.harrietsapothecary.com 773.593.5399

FB: beatboxbotanicals IG: soularbliss

NAIMA PENNIMAN www.naimainfinity.com naimainfinity@gmail.com 347.729.6762

KHANE KUTZWELL www.camerareadykutz.com 347.349.5899

FB/Twitter/Yelp/Foursquare: camerareadykutz

ALTA STARR altastarr.ny@gmail.com 917.822.1773

PETA-GAYE WILLIAMS petagayewilliams@gmail.com

TAJA LINDLEY taja.lindley@gmail.com 646-262-0936 www.TajaLindley.com | @tajalindley www.ColoredGirlsHustle.com | @cgirlshustle

BEA ANDERSON anderson.beatrice.rl@gmail.com

SELOME ARAYA selome.araya@gmail.com 323.703.9492 www.reikibyselome.com

NATALIE SABLON nativemoon88@gmail.com 678.665.1878

FB: WildHerban

DIMITREA TOKUNBO dimitrea@yahoo.com

SHAYNA SMALL shaynansmall@gmail.com 949.637.9421

TONYA ABERNATHY i8artichokes@gmail.com

JASMINE BUREMS jasmine@honeyandgold.us www.honeyandgold.us

FB: www.facebook.com/honeyandgold us Twitter: twitter.com/honeyandgoldus

SHIWAN MOONWAMIE moonwannie@icloud.com www.moonwannie.com

FB: moonwannie manifestations IG: moonwannie_manifestations

NAIMAH JOHNSON johnson.n.lmsw@gmail.com 646.531.1212 845.527.6687

JULIETTE JONES info@julesonstrings.com www.JulesOnStrings.com

SHAMILIA MCBEAN shamilia.mcbean@gmail.com www.shamilia.com 954.296.9596

Twitter: shamadou

REGENERACION CHILDCARE NYC www.childcarenyc.com

HARRIET’S APOTHECARY SPRINKLES INFINITE GRATITUDE TO.........

HARRIET TUBMAN BLACK WOMEN’S BLUEPRINT A BLADE OF GRASS

HA HEALERS | SUMMER EDITION adaku.utah.alta starr. ashley brockington. beatrice anderson. emily carpenter. mercy carpenter. dimitrea tokunbo. jasmine burems. jelani thompson. khane kutzwell.. naima penniman. naimah johnson. natalie sablon. peta-gaye williams. taja lindley. terressa tate. tonya abernathy. shamilia mcbean. selome araya. shayna small. shiwan moonwamie.

FAMILY, VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS adele smith-penniman. assefash. alixa garcia. allied media conference. anisha thomas. healing justice practice space coordinators and healers. anais marvel. and membership. casitas. diana warwin. emet vitaleoll’dj-penniman. ida cheng. ify chiejina. eyinannya utah. farah tanis. foster henry. jessica valoris. jonah vitale-wolf. juliette jones. julia bennett. karen rose. king. kyla cheung. kelechi utah. herb shoppe brooklyn. leah penniman. leah lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha. mariana castaneda-lopez. neshima vitale-penniman.myrna caban. nicole le blanc. paul utah. regeneracion childcare nyc. sacred vibes apothecary. sharmin hossain. seyeon lee.

SEYA. sheryll durant. tiffany lenoi. ure utah. yishrayl utah

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